Competition Bites – South-East Asia & Beyond

2018 is now into its second half and continues to see competition regulators active. The issues which come up for attention are not limited to those in ecommerce and cuts across multiple industries. Several of the Southeast Asian regulators have also grown more sophisticated and have been taking on more complex cases, handling difficult issues. The Grab-Uber merger is one such example, where Singapore has proposed imposing financial penalties alongside various commitments. Read on if you don’t want to miss out on the latest developments in competition law around the globe. Written by Kala Anandarajah, Dominique Lombardi, Tanya Tang and Zheng Xi.